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Reporting from 'the thick of it' with Irma Video

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ABC News’ Tom Llamas reports from Fort Myers, Florida.
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Get out its value added that weaknesses the thick of it right now hurricane armor here at Fort Myers he’s the strongest Vince so far I have to stand as most of the camera because. It’s done it’s coming still hard right now that the microphone as it is an interference we had this job as we engage this phenomena are from the site just out there. And guess what it didn’t rob it’s got that eighty miles per hour and it’s it didn’t know wandered. Thank you very Morgan road game but it is back to our producer big red over there just behind me is that marina and if you can believe it. About fifteen at the thirty minutes ago we stock guide go out to one of his boats that it sounds completely crazy but yet the and they’re still floats. And there yachts out here but they’re also boat that people make their livelihood off at the people who live off Dan and I think the guy was just checking on his boat the possibly Steve was okay. You can’t see it as we can’t point the camera this directive is that the rain is just too strong but there’s a sailboat had been pushed up. Dvi to this seawall right now because that the win. And the rain and now the current. From the bay just over here were between Fort Myers and Cape Coral the white cats are so strong and behind me you can see this I mean at the white out here. You can see the winds to give you kind of direction of where we are geographically. We’re lucky nor for these winds are coming. East to west we’re right in the middle of the line and you can see that if you got perfect win lying and that we in the top of the palm trees. And you could hear this win while this is really blowing right now. Credible. Tom unfortunately you’re not done at this point you’re not complain that they that they still have morning. So please do stay hello dad hey. Ahead he’s never actually up pullback occurred a little bit although it segment. The world we’re actually it out of these goggles off now we’re not and it concrete structure. That were protected by that almost a fortress right here. And the widow were able to go live we have no more power we haven’t had however about an hour maybe two hours. When finally just died down for second the waiver power and all of its through our cars. But what we generator at the cars that we have guys that are watching when I go out there spotting me this is actually amateur. Storm chaser right now it’s so bad out here that he’s decided credible and it had to try to gauge the wind from in here. Because if you dangers to be out there to car at this point. And basically to be by yourself at fifty acres of a pull back a little more sweeping navy here mile to better and we you can see how hard is blowing. And the thing oh Mort about guys that you know the pictures we’ve been seen throughout this broadcast. We’ve been in these concrete structures. Whether it be me or gave hitter Matt got banner rob Marciano everybody that indeed really did pick up what is hurricane armor I understand it get much worse here as well. The winds will pick up more but I’m worried about is all the homes that old see right now because. Herb people who have homes better you know single family homes one story structures and just really worried with the aftermath is gonna look like if southwest Florida. We luckily are in an area that’s you know covered by concrete. But homes that are made of wood and just duck go I don’t know how they’re gonna withstand this and I am sure the damage can be devastating. One Irma rolled over us. And Tom I see is that someone down and spotting for you but have you been seeing any debris flying and I know when we see sustained winds like you’re saying and gusts up to 100 and it. 42 just south of yield. That you’re probably going to start seeing pieces of building start to come often and signs start to go down the street have you seen any of that yet. Yeah we are Brett speak up somewhat let me over here. Robert Doc Rivers data to show you can see some of the palm front that it had been ripped off the trees right now they’re littering the streets over here. That’s that’s the eight and up of some of the damage that we’ve seen from the street all super fit. Cosmetics in this area we’ve seen air conditioning. That that it the outside of buildings the air conditioning units that have been sort of ripped off. Of the structures they were on. That are now project out in the air and you can see this up power lines connecting these people might hold here the lights are obviously off there’s. There’s no power I wonder how long those are gonna last. And that in the distance over their team can pan over here to your left. There’s that red awning from the marina and I wondered that’s been withstand. These deeds of hurricane force winds now because. It’s the strongest it’s been so far and we have another wondered two hours of this relentless winds and rain and you know I’ve covered bodies her games. If urban different I mean all hurricane horrible all hurricanes are nasty they are we didn’t rain monsters and that’s what we’re seeing with Irma. It’s it’s a massive storm. It didn’t know much of this state I think that’s going to be the legacy of the storm that. It’s sort of encompass all of Florida which. We haven’t seen with other hurricanes. With the you’re down a Miami you’ve got to homestead we’re here before mired in I don’t north of the site and heard rob reporting about being built back credible. That being fired because they didn’t feel the effects of the storm to move back out because it’s getting a little wild again. But gathers is this is an atypical hurricanes and is so strong. Still massive in so fierce right now we’re feeling a lot of it right now.
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What you need to know to be an effective virtual leader

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In the world of global business, it’s likely you’ re going to have to learn how to master the art of digital leadership at some point — whether that’s to manage an entire team of displaced freelancers, to communicate with other offices, or to outsource specific roles…
In the world of global business, it’s likely you’ re going to have to learn how to master the art of digital leadership at some point — whether that’s to manage an entire team of displaced freelancers, to communicate with other offices, or to outsource specific roles.
The word virtual sounds pretty scary. Speaking to a friend of mine, he said the idea of a virtual workforce made him feel panicked about “a lack of control”, in other words, he envisioned an army of computers taking over every aspect of his life.
So let’s just make something clear here, the virtual employees that I’ m talking about are not robots, they’ re real people who work remotely. That’s something important to bear in mind, as on many levels it’s not so different from working with regular employees.
It’s true that it is more difficult to connect with and trust someone who you mainly communicate with over email or on the phone, which is why I strongly advise everybody to “meet” with their virtual assistant on FaceTime or Skype at least once a week. If you’ re trying to successfully build a sense of cohesion in a team that’s split between virtual and non-virtual employees this is even more crucial.
In the Harvard Business Review, Mark Mortensen identifies social distance as one of the central factors that can affect team dynamics as it can trigger a sense of “them vs. us”, he notes that “a shared sense of context, a shared understanding of not only what you do but how you do it and why, is a key driver of your ability to coordinate and collaborate.” social distance as one of the central factors
So as a leader it’s your job to unite the team through a shared vision, that they can understand not just as an abstraction, but individually too. Employees need their roles defined, just as they need to be able to understand how everyone else fits into the bigger picture. This will help to create a more effective working structure especially if you can include virtual employees in team meetings via Skype so that they contribute to discussions and update the office on their progress and achievements.
It can also be helpful to establish social platforms where your team can interact and get to know each other digitally. A Facebook group can work well, but if you want something more professional Trello is a really great, easy to use application that functions almost like a scrapbook for projects. Trello
You can create boards so that others can easily track your progress, set up customised workflows, checklists, deadlines and discussion boards. It helps to ensure that everyone has access to the same information and doesn’ t start to feel anxious about not being in the loop or falling behind.
When you’ re leading a virtual team it’s impossible and dangerous to try to micromanage, as it will just cause you more stress and create an atmosphere of distrust. If you’ ve hired the right people, you have to let them just get on with their job without you checking in every five minutes. Usually people work with virtual employees to lessen their responsibilities, not to increase them.
However, for the relationship to work successfully you have to be very clear about your expectations and the tasks you set. That means detailed instructions and examples where possible. In the early stages of working with a virtual employee, you will have to take the time to integrate them into your company culture, and to introduce them to your way of working. Whilst you might not have the time to do that yourself, it can be beneficial to set them up with an in-house mentor who they can turn to for help.
I’ ve seen a lot of companies fail to successfully integrate virtual employees into their teams because of they haven’ t had the right tools in place. Think about it like this: when you hire an in-house employee you provide them with a desk, a computer and a pack of stationary, when you hire a virtual employee you need to set them up with a digital working space.
It’s a lot cheaper and easier than renting office space, but it does need some thought. Thankfully, there have been some great developments recently in collaborative technologies, so you should be spoilt for choice and most experienced virtual employees are usually well placed to recommend applications based on the client.
However, as Michael D. Watkins points out in his article for the Harvard Business Review, “if the team has to struggle to get connected, or wastes time making elements of the collaboration suite work, it undermines the whole endeavor.” Don’ t be lured in by a long list of features, always opt of the apps that are the easiest to understand and that will integrate your existing software where possible. It will save you time and frustration. in his article
Even though your virtual employees might be based halfway across the world, they will still need and greatly benefit from your one to one attention. Establish a regular time to relay feedback and listen to their concerns. Invest time in their growth as an individual so that they not only feel valued as a team member, but can also hone their skills and direct their energy into their particular areas of interest. These meetings can also be a good way of ironing out any snags which might be affecting productivity, such as communication issues or ineffective processes.
Ultimately, effective virtual leadership, like any kind of leadership, is about getting to know the individuals and finding a way for them to work together harmoniously as a team. Your virtual employees need to be put on the same level as your other employees right from the start and if you keep communication channels open, you should be set to reap the rewards of working with a truly global team. Contributors
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Hurricane Irma forces adorable Florida flamingo evacuation

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It’s more than just homes and humans in the path of the massive storm. The colorful birds of Busch Gardens are also being moved to shelter.
There’s a lot of scenes of wind and water and increasing devastation coming out of Florida on Sunday. But amid all the chaos of Hurricane Irma, there was at least one moment of cuteness at Busch Gardens in Tampa Bay.
The theme park lined up a number of its flamingos two by two and the pretty pink birds complied better than many groups of humans probably would as they were marched to a designated room where they’ll ride out the storm.
The avian evacuation isn’t exactly a first. Back when Hurricane Andrew hit Florida in 1992, a similar group of flamingos sheltered in place in a zoo bathroom.
Remember to take care of yourself in the face of what could be an unprecedented storm and mind all evacuation orders, whether they’re coming from your local government or zookeeper.
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Shorelines drained in eerie effect of Hurricane Irma

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By Ray Sanchez, CNN (CNN) — Hurricane Irma’s extraordinary strength has caused a seemingly unusual meteorological phenomena: the eerie pushing of water away from shorelines in the Bahamas and the Gulf Coast of Florida.
(CNN) — Hurricane Irma’s extraordinary strength has caused a seemingly unusual meteorological phenomena: the eerie pushing of water away from shorelines in the Bahamas and the Gulf Coast of Florida.
Jason Beisel, a spokesman for the Florida city of Clearwater, described the scene in a tweet on Sunday: “Creepy site – water in Tampa Bay is already being sucked out. This is view from downtown St. Pete waterfront.”
In Charlotte Harbor, the second largest bay in Florida, Dylan Branscome posted a video on Facebook showing dry, sandy landscape as if the bay had evaporated.
In places like Tampa and Port Charlotte, as the storm approaches from the south, strong winds blowing from the northeast have pushed water out of shallow parts of bays and harbors, according to CNN meteorologist Judson Jones.
“As soon as the wind shifts direction, the water will come back quickly and continue to move inland, ” Jones said.
“The height of the storm surge will depend on the exact track of the storm. If the eye of the storm tracks to the west of the bays, the storm surge will be worse.”
Shuyi Chen, a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington in Seattle, said the weather phenomena is common during extreme storm conditions like Hurricane Sandy in 2012.
“After the storm center passes Tampa, the wind will change from offshore to onshore and push water and large ocean surface waves onshore, ” he said, referring to the storm surge.
“In addition to onshore wind, Irma’s northward motion will bring extreme large surface waves when it gets closer to Tampa.”
A storm surge is a gradual rise in the water level caused by a major storm’s wind as it gets closer to shore.
Chen said the strength, size and forward motion of the hurricane affect ocean surface waves, water level and temperature — effectively changing the shape of the ocean.
Scott Hagen, director of the Center for Coastal Resiliency at Louisiana State University, said there is a “gee whiz” element to the phenomena.
“It’s such a rarity along the west coast of Florida, ” he said. “I had expected it but to see it must really be dramatic if you actually get to go out there and take a look at it.”
“Don’ t get caught up in that, ” Hagen said.
“There’s a sense of awe. Just like when we’ re frightened. When we see something that we haven’ t seen before and we’ re so amazed by it, we take chances that we really shouldn’ t be taking.”
He added, “It is within the realm of possibility that (the water) comes back more dramatically than if it were just a surge blowing up on land without the water being removed from the shore areas by the winds ahead of the eye of the storm.”
The receding shoreline can give people a false sense of security, CNN meteorologist Gene Norman said.
“It is particularly dangerous because it may not be apparent that the winds have switched to an onshore direction, ” he said. “Similar to those who come out during the passing of the eye. Winds will and do pick up again once the eye passes.”
Indeed, on Sunday afternoon, the National Hurricane Center tweeted:
“Urgent warning about the rapid rise of water on the SW FL coast with the passage of #Irma’s eye. MOVE AWAY FROM THE WATER!”
The tweet was accompanied with this note of caution:
“With the passage of the eye of Irma during the next couple of hours, the wind direction will shift to onshore, causing water levels along the southwest coast of Florida to rapidly rise in a matter of minutes. MOVE AWAY FROM THE WATER! Life-threatening storm surge inundation of 10 to 15 feet above ground level is expected in this area.”

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Der neue Stuttgart-"Tatort" im Stau: schlicht, schnörkellos und punktgenau

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Die Ausgangssituation des neuen Stuttgarter ‘Tatorts’ ist banal und vertraut. Ein nerviger Stau im städtischen Feierabendverkehr.
Feierabendstau auf der Stuttgarter Weinsteige, dazu ein totes Mädchen am Straßenrand. Lannert und Bootz ermitteln mitten im Verkehrschaos. Ein «Tatort» auf hohem Niveau.
Die Ausgangssituation des neuen Stuttgarter «Tatorts» ist banal und vertraut gleichermaßen. Ein nerviger Stau im städtischen Feierabendverkehr. Nichts geht mehr. Die Heimkehrer sind müde, latent aggressiv und folglich ziemlich leicht reizbar. Ein Wasserrohrbruch hindert die Blechlawine am Weiterkommen. Als dann auch noch Kommissar Thorsten Lannert (Richy Müller) auftaucht und die Wartenden wegen einer Unfallflucht oder sogar wegen eines mutmaßlichen Mordes an einem 14-jährigen Mädchen befragt, macht sich Unruhe breit.
Die Vorstellung der einzelnen Stauinsassen ist dabei handwerklich geschickt und mit allerlei zündendem Wortwitz inszeniert. Es ist großes TV-Kino, wie mühelos es Regisseur Dietrich Brüggemann gelingt, dieses nicht gerade kleine Schauspiel-Ensemble unter einen Hut zu bekommen. Jeder Charakter erhält genügend Aufmerksamkeit. Der Filmschnitt in einer der Eingangsszenen zwischen den einzelnen Fahrerkabinen und der dazu laufenden Musik ist ein Klasse für sich.
Die Idee, einen «Tatort» zu drehen, dessen Handlung sich fast komplett nur um die in einem Stau stehenden Autos abspielt und das auch noch nahezu in Echtzeit, mutet zuerst seltsam an. Doch was Regie, Buch und Kamera hier in die sonntägigen deutschen Wohnzimmer schicken, ist eine perfekte Entertainment-Sinfonie aus Krimi, Unterhaltung, Wortwitz, Sound, Charakteren, Tempo und Bildern. Ein treffsicheres TV-Kammerspiel auf offener Straße, ein Referenzwert für die deutsche Fernsehzukunft: schlicht, schnörkellos und punktgenau.
Das Zusammenspiel der Akteure auf engstem Raum entwickelt eine Eigendynamik, deren Verlauf trotz des ernsten Hintergrundes einen bittersüßen Charme versprüht. Lannerts Verhöre der Verdächtigen zeichnen ein realistisches Bild des sozialen Miteinanders. Die Verantwortung liegt beim Vorder- oder Hintermann, nie bei einem selber. Die Protagonisten in ihren blechernen Karosserien bilden einen Mikrokosmos der Gesellschaft. Isoliert in ihren Kapseln treiben die Menschen eng beieinander planlos demselben Ziel entgegen.
Lannert braucht mehr Zeit, um den Täter zu entlarven. Doch der Stau dauert nicht ewig. (Quelle: SWR/Alexander Kluge)
Als sich der Showdown nähert und die Ermittler von Unfalltod mit Fahrerflucht zwischenzeitlich sogar eine Vergewaltigung und einen Mord in Betracht gezogen hatten, stellt sich die erste Schlussfolgerung als die Wahrscheinlichere heraus. Doch der Rohrbruch ist mittlerweile behoben und der Stau könnte sich auflösen. Lannert und Bootz läuft die Zeit davon, denn der Mob wird wütend. Was ist die Suche nach einem Täter, der ein totes Kind auf dem Gewissen hat, noch wert, wenn das kühle Feierabendbierchen wartet?
Wenn der Volkszorn entbrennt, fühlt sich das Individuum wieder wohler in der grauen Masse. Der hässlichen Fratze der Gleichgültigkeit stehen die Kommissare ohnmächtig gegenüber. Obwohl kein Täter ermittelt werden kann, setzt sich die metallene Fahrzeugschlange wieder in Bewegung. Resigniert lässt Lannert seinen Blick über die Autodächer wandern.
Tina Klingelhöfer (Susanne Wuest) kann sich nicht erinnern, durch welche Straßen sie fuhr. Doch Lannert hakt nach. (Quelle: SWR/Alexander Kluge)
Als sich einer der Wagen jedoch nicht von der Stelle bewegt, runden die letzten Sekunden des neuen Stuttgarter «Tatorts» die Inszenierung formvollendet ab. Schweigend setzt sich der Kommissar auf den Beifahrersitz einer Mutter, deren Tochter auf der Rückbank sitzt. Die Frau starrt weinend auf die davonfahrenden Autos. Selten hat eine Stille lauter geschrien.

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桐生９秒台、大きな走りが奏功か 陸連がレースを分析

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日本陸上競技連盟は１０日、 日本学生陸上競技連合提供の データに基づき、 前日の 日本学生対校選手権（福井・ 福井運動公園）の 男子１００メートル決勝で桐生祥秀（東洋大４年）が９秒９８の 日本新記録を出した際の 分…
日本陸上競技連盟は１０日、日本学生陸上競技連合提供のデータに基づき、前日の日本学生対校選手権（福井・福井運動公園）の男子１００メートル決勝で桐生祥秀（東洋大４年）が９秒９８の日本新記録を出した際の分析データを発表。最高速度は秒速１１・６７メートル（時速約４２キロ）で、日本陸連科学委員会が９秒台を出すのに必要と示してきた基準の１１・６メートルを超えていた。 桐生の最高速度は１０秒２３で予選敗退に終わった昨夏のリオデジャネイロ五輪（秒速１１・２０メートル）や、１０秒０４だった今年４月の織田記念（秒速１１・４２メートル）を大きく上回った。到達点は６５メートル地点。分析をした過去３大会は５５メートル地点だった。 歩数は４７・３歩で、過去３大会より１歩近く少ない。一方、ストライドは後半に２メートル４０センチに迫った。大きな走りが９秒台突入につながったと見られる。桐生はその要因について、直前の練習で２５０メートルや３００メートルの長い距離を走っていたことを挙げ、「勝手にストライドが上がってたのもある」と語った。

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Falcons Beat Bears 23-17

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The Atlanta Falcons held on to beat the Chicago Bears 23-17 in the season opener on Sunday.
CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Ryan threw an 88-yard touchdown to Austin Hooper and led two fourth-quarter scoring drives, and the NFC champion Atlanta Falcons held on to beat the Chicago Bears 23-17 in the season opener on Sunday.
The butt of jokes following their epic Super Bowl collapse against New England, the Falcons survived as the Bears missed several chances to score a touchdown in the final seconds.
The Bears had a first down at the Atlanta 5 in the closing minute. Glennon’s pass to a lunging Josh Bellamy on first down hit off the receiver’s hands, and Jordan Howard then dropped a simple catch at the 1.
After another incompletion on third down, Glennon got sacked by Brooks Reed to end the drive.
Atlanta was clinging to a 13-10 lead early in the fourth when a scrambling Ryan fired to a wide-open Hooper near midfield. The second-year tight end from Stanfordraced up the right side and stiff-armed Quintin Demps on the way to the end zone to make it a 10-point game.
The Bears then went 75 yards, with Glennon hitting rookie Tarik Cohen for a 19-yard TD midway through the fourth to cut it to 20-17. Atlanta’s Matt Bryant answered with a 37-yard field goal, making it 23-17 with 3: 24 left.
Coming off an MVP season, Ryan was 21 of 30 for 321 yards and a touchdown.
Hooper had two catches for 128 yards. Jones added 66 yards receiving and Bryant kicked three field goals.
In his Bears debut, Glennon didn’ t silence fans who would rather see No. 2 overall draft pick Mitchell Trubisky. He was 26 of 40 for 213 yards and a TD.
Cohen made an impressive debut with 66 yards rushing and 47 receiving. He reversed field on a 46-yard run, helping set up Howard’s 4-yard touchdown near the end of the half.
Receiver Kevin White found himself in a familiar position, walking off the field with an injury. He had two catches for six yards before hurting his shoulder. White was limited to four games in his first two seasons after being drafted seventh overall in 2015.
Bears: LG Kyle Long — coming back from right ankle surgery — was inactive. Former Falcon Tom Compton started in his place.… RB Benny Cunningham Jr. hurt his ankle blocking on a pass play early in the second quarter.

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民進・前原氏「政権交代頑張る」 渡部元衆院副議長に代表就任報告

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民進党の 前原誠司代表は１０日、 大先輩の 渡部恒三元衆院副議長を福島県会津若松市の 自宅に訪ね、 代表就任を報告した。 渡部氏は「二大政党制、 政権交代を実現してくれ」 と激励。 前原氏は「頑張っていきたい」 と応じた。 渡部氏は、 福島の 民芸品で倒れても自然に起き上がる「起き上が…
民進党の前原誠司代表は１０日、大先輩の渡部恒三元衆院副議長を福島県会津若松市の自宅に訪ね、代表就任を報告した。渡部氏は「二大政党制、政権交代を実現してくれ」と激励。前原氏は「頑張っていきたい」と応じた。 渡部氏は、福島の民芸品で倒れても自然に起き上がる「起き上がり小法師」をプレゼント。無事起き上がると、前原氏は思わず「よかった」と安堵した。 前原氏は民主党の代表を務めた２００６年当時、偽メール問題で厳しい党運営を強いられた際にも渡部氏から小法師を贈られ、なかなか起き上がらない一幕があった。

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Hurricanes Irma and Jose

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Hurricane Irma pummelled Florida on Sunday, killing three people after causing at least 27 deaths in a multi-billion-dollar rampage through the Caribbean.
Hurricane Irma pummelled Florida on Sunday, killing three people after causing at least 27 deaths in a multi-billion-dollar rampage through the Caribbean.
Irma churned over the lower Florida Keys islands as a Category Four hurricane before making a second landfall on the peninsula’s southwestern coast as a Category Three storm, packing winds of 115 miles (185 kilometers) per hour and torrential rain.
A second Category Four hurricane, Jose, followed part of Irma’s track, but spared the storm-hit Caribbean islands of St Martin and St Barts, which had already suffered catastrophic damage from Irma.
Jose, veering north towards the mid-Atlantic, is expected to pose no threat to the United States.
The death toll is at least 30: 14 in the French island of St Barts and the Dutch-French territory of St Martin; six in the British Caribbean islands; at least four in the US Virgin Islands; at least two in Puerto Rico; and one in Barbuda. Three other deaths occurred in Florida due to car accidents sparked by strong winds and torrential rain.
The International Red Cross says 1.2 million people have already been affected by Irma — a number that could rise to 26 million.
The bill for loss and damage could hit $120 billion (100 billion euros) in the United States and Caribbean, according to data modelling firm Enki Research.
Irma hit the tiny Caribbean island of Barbuda on Wednesday with winds up to 295 kph. The island suffered «absolute devastation, » with up to 30 percent of properties demolished, Prime Minister Gaston Browne said.
One person is known to have died on the island of 1,600 residents, apparently a child whose family was trying to get to safer ground.
The holiday islands of St Martin and St Barts, also hit on Wednesday, suffered the highest toll among Caribbean victims of Irma.
St Martin is divided between France and the Netherlands. France said 10 people had died on its side of the island, while the Netherlands said the storm killed four on the Dutch side, called Sint Maarten.
On the Dutch side, 70 percent of the infrastructure has been destroyed.
France and the Netherlands are rushing in logistical support, as well as hundreds of extra police to clamp down on looting.
French aid includes helicopters, engineering equipment, medical supplies and a million litres (265,000 gallons) of water, as the three water-treatment plants will be knocked out for months.
In the British archipelago of Anguilla, one man was crushed to death in a house collapse.
Five people were killed in the British Virgin Islands, according to the local government.
Just east of Puerto Rico, it is home to roughly 28,000 people and includes British billionaire Richard Branson’s Necker Island.
At least four people were killed in the US Virgin Islands, officials told AFP.
At least two people were killed in the US territory of Puerto Rico, and more than half of its three million residents were without power after rivers broke their banks in the centre and north of the island.
Some 20,000 people were evacuated and more than 2,000 homes affected by floods in the Dominican Republic, the eastern part of the island of Hispaniola, which is also shared with Haiti.
Irma brought flooding and caused injuries in Haiti, but passed further north than had been forecast, sparing the impoverished island the worst. A number of roads were washed out.
Irma made landfall on the island’s Camaguey Archipelago late Friday, knocking down power lines, uprooting trees and ripping the roofs off homes.
Authorities said they had evacuated more than a million people as a precaution, including about 4,000 in the capital.
Ambulances and firefighters patrolled streets littered with hunks of roofs, power lines and tree branches brought down by strong winds that blasted over Cuba on Saturday.
Irma is tracking along the Florida’s western coast, which faces the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal cities of Naples and Fort Myers and Tampa Bay with storm surges of up to 15 feet (4.5 meters) , according to the National Hurricane Center.
The US military is mobilising thousands of troops and deploying several large ships to help with evacuations and humanitarian relief. A total of 6.3 million people have been asked to leave their homes in Florida.
A state of emergency has been declared in Georgia, South Carolina and Virginia, as well as in Florida. Georgia ordered the evacuation of the city of Savannah and other coastal areas.
More than one million Florida homes and businesses were without power, according to utility company Florida Power and Light.
President Donald Trump said on Sunday he would go to Florida «very soon» to assess relief efforts.
Hurricane Jose, after strengthening to Category Four status, passed 135 kilometres (83 miles) north of St Barts and 125 kilometres from Saint Martin.
France’s meteorological agency issued its highest warning, saying Jose could become a «dangerous event of exceptional intensity».
But «thanks to a passage which was further away than anticipated, the effects on the territory were markedly less, » the meteorological agency said.
Another hurricane, Katia, made landfall in eastern Mexico late Friday killing two people, just as the country grappled with the deaths and damage inflicted by its worst earthquake in a century.

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Ex-Leader, Now a Man Without a Country, Slips Into Ukraine

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Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president of Georgia who is stripped of citizenship there and in Ukraine, is an exceptional position: He’s a stateless ex-head of state.
MOSCOW — Mikheil Saakashvili, a former president of Georgia, finds himself in an unusual position for a former head of state: He is stateless, and spent Sunday trying to enter a country that does not want him, first by train, then by bus and finally on foot with a crowd of supporters who forced open the border into Ukraine.
Amid conflicting reports of Mr. Saakashvili’s exact whereabouts late Sunday, a spokesman for Ukraine’s border guards, Oleh Slobodyan, said a crowd had broken through a frontier post with Poland at Shehyni in western Ukraine and started a fight.
Then late Sunday evening, Mr. Saakashvili, 49, resurfaced in the western Ukrainian city of Lviv, appearing before reporters alongside the city’s mayor, Andriy Sadovyi.
Mr. Saakashvili, who was president of Georgia until 2013, acquired Ukrainian citizenship in 2015 but was stripped of that in July after a bitter falling out with his former ally, President Petro O. Poroshenko of Ukraine. Mr. Saakashvili left the country but vowed to return, and on Sunday he set out to do so from Poland, accompanied by a gaggle of journalists and supporters from Ukraine, including former Prime Minister Yulia V. Tymoshenko.
After abandoning a plan to enter Ukraine by bus, he ended up stuck for hours on a train at a Polish station near the border with Ukraine. “We hope that we can still break through, ” Mr. Saakashvili told journalists.
The apparent breakthrough came on Sunday evening when a throng of supporters forced their way past Ukrainian border guards and entered Ukraine at a border crossing between Medyka, Poland, and Shehyni.
His return to Ukraine, if confirmed, could sharply raise political temperatures at a time when President Poroshenko is struggling with a Russian-backed armed rebellion in the eastern part of the country and mounting criticism from political opponents that, like his ousted pro-Russian predecessor, Viktor F. Yanukovych, he tolerates and benefits from rampant corruption.
Sunday’s meandering journey through Poland was not the first time Mr. Saakashvili has wandered in a foreign land — in 2014, he roamed the streets of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, as he plotted a political comeback — but this time the stakes are high, as his homeland, Georgia, has requested his extradition. The Georgian authorities want him back so that he can face charges of abuse of power and corruption, allegations that Mr. Saakashvili has dismissed as baseless and politically motivated.
Mr. Saakashvili was president of Georgia for all but two months from 2004 to 2013. His popularity fell after a disastrous war with Russia in 2008 and a wave of arrests that he said were necessary to fight corruption but that critics denounced as political score settling.
His fortunes appeared to revive in May 2015, when Mr. Poroshenko invited him to be governor of the Odessa region, an area of southern Ukraine on the Black Sea that is notorious for its deeply entrenched corruption. The idea was that Mr. Saakashvili, a graduate of Columbia Law School and a foe of President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, would help stamp out corruption and help satisfy demands for open government after the ouster of Mr. Yanukovych in 2014.
The honeymoon was brief: Mr. Saakashvili resigned last November, accusing Mr. Poroshenko of obstructing his efforts to root out graft. He had clashed frequently with many of Mr. Poroshenko’s political and business allies, including Ukraine’s powerful interior minister, Arsen B. Avakov, who last year mocked the former Georgian leader as a “circus artist” and threw a glass of water in his face.
In Ukraine, as happened in Georgia, Mr. Saakashvili has become a highly divisive figure, revered by supporters as a zealous enforcer of clean government but reviled by enemies as a showman prone to flamboyant stunts.
Georgia stripped Mr. Saakashvili of his citizenship in December 2015 after he took up Ukrainian citizenship. Then, in July of this year, Ukraine revoked his citizenship, too — leaving him without a country.
On Sunday, Mr. Saakashvili embarked from the Polish city of Rzeszow, in the southeast of the country, and made his way by road to the city of Przemysl. There, he boarded a train that was supposed to travel to Lviv. The train was held, and an onboard announcement warned that the train would not depart unless people not authorized to travel — meaning Mr. Saakashvili — got off. When he refused to do so, other passengers left the train to board a bus as an alternative.
After several hours, Mr. Saakashvili himself boarded a bus, to the Medyka-Shehyni border crossing. There, he was met by border guards, linked arm in arm, who refused to let him into Ukraine. After lengthy scuffles, a crowd forced its way past the Ukrainian guards, apparently with Mr. Saakashvili in its midst.

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